What message did the election result in Brazil send that Trump did not want to hear? Lula da Silva's victory with 51.75 percent of the vote against Flavio Bolsonaro is an important political defeat for Trump and a sign of the Brazilian people's opposition to American intervention. The role of digital platforms in engineering public opinion, creating media, highlighting corruption and insecurity and destroying governments aspiring for independence, is one of the important axes of the electoral contests in Latin America. By reviving the Monroe Doctrine, supporting Western trends and exerting economic and political pressure, Trump sought to expand American influence; But the election result in Brazil undermined this strategy. Iran's victory over the United States in the Ramadan war and Trump's inability to reopen the Strait of Hormuz strengthened the nations' message of resistance and can serve as a model for countries striving for independence. Bolsonaro's request to cancel the elections again highlighted the issue of selective democracy; An approach that reveals the necessity of political independence, protection of national interests and localization of democracy. Read the full text at the link below: